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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.
a Letter to Young Lady on the Eve of
Marriage.

a Letter to Young Lady on the Evo of
Marriage.
One sometimes finds gem among the
castaways Of forgotten years. The fol-
owing congratulatory letter to young
| lady on the eve Of marriage is venerable
| but good
Il am holding some past, board in my
hands-thfee stately pluckinss from the
| bush OF ceremony. | am gazing upon a
card and upon a name-a name with
which your gentle life began, name
with which your thorough heart was
| lost. There is nothing strange about the
card. The maiden sign still looks up
on many friendly visit as it lies in many
a formal basket.
Il am gazing, too, upon a card where
the nearer parent tells the world she will
be at home one day. and that is nothing
new. But there is another card whose
mingling there put tongue Of fire into
| bldS SpCtthICoo p1.HtCpohid. IL tCllo 10
that these cards are but the heralds of a
coming crisis, when hand that has
pressed friends hands and plucked flow
ers, shall close down on one to whom she
will be IA friend aud a flower forever
after.
Il send you a few flowers to adorn the
| Il nt SipuIa lIfn Thny
arc the geutlest type OF a delicate, dura-
ole friendship. They spring up by ones
side when others have deserted it, and
will be lcund watching over our graves
when those who should have been there
| have forgotten us.
1t seems meet that past 30 calm and
pure as yours should expire with a kin
bred sweetness about, that flowers and
music, kind friends and earnest words
should consecrate in the hour when a
sentiment is passing into a sacrament.
THE three great stages of our being
are birth, the bridal aud burial. To the
first we bring only weakness; Tor the last
we have nothing but dust. But here at
the altar, where life joins life, the pair
come throbbiug up to the holy man,
whispering the deep promises that arm
each with the others heart to help on in
the lite struggle of care and duty
The beautiful will be there, borrow
| ing new beauty from the scene-the gay
and frivolous will look solemn for once,
and youth will come TO gaze on all that
Its sacred thoughts pants forage will
totter up to hear the old words repeated
over again, that to their own lives has
given the charm. Some will weep over
| it as il it were tomb; some will laugh
as if it were joke; but two must stand
by it for it, is fate, not fun, this ever
tasting linking of their lives.
And, now, can You, who have queened
it over so many bended fol ms, come down
at last to the frugal diet OF a single heart?
| Hitherto you have been clock, giving
your time to all the world. Now you are
IA watch buried III one particular bosom,
marking only hours and ticking only to
the beat of his heart, where time and
feeling shall he i'll unison until these
| lower ties are lost in that higher wedlock
where all hearts are united around the
| great central heart of all
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
THE LAST WORD.

Janet and William, six months weu,
Amidst the sunsets flaming red
Along winding rive: clear
Iu loving converse wandered near.
''See, dear, that tiny point of land,
just like pair of scissors planned. "
"A tailor's goose, my love, you mean
Scissors like that were never seen -
"A tailor's goose! You re one, say.
Why, can't you see? It's plain as day,
The handles, blades, and rounded point.
You don t see, Will, beca use you ,roH't
Your sex for whims has long been famed;
Self will like this must now be tanned"
push, scream, splash, gasp
Janet was in the rivers grasp.
Her Will, AN hour ago SO bland,
Now angered, lent no helping hand,
But shouted "GooSc'" from of the bank,
While she shreked Scissors" AS she sank
Each time she to the surface came,
Undaunted, still she called the same,
While he, unnoved by love or fear,
Cried 'GOOSe" each time she did appear.
The third, last time the water strrreG;
Too weak To utter now IA word,
Janet her arms extended wide
Then crossed hem scissorswise, and died
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
THE STORY OF A CARPET.

a lady gives the following account o.
her experience with y negro man whom
she had engaged 10 taks up and clean a
carpet aud put it down again:
lie had told me that he would be OIL
hand bright au' airly, and even limited
at the possibility of his coming by day
light.
1T you are here 10y half-past seven, it
will do | said.
"Ha' pas sebeo, lady. Dat am mon
Sous late f,' a man to begin a day S
wuk. Use mo likely to be roun' by
ha' pas six, LADY,"
IIaIf-past seven came and went the
next day, and no Jerry. Eight o'clock,
and no Jerry. 1T half-past eight he
came leisurely sauntering into the yard.
How ia this, Jerry?" | asked. You
said you would surely be here by half
past seven.
so did, lady, SO Ibid; an how
happened to ober sleep myself dis nav
Mos gin rally Use up TO day. But IL
hab dat kyarpst up an out'n de back
ya'd Iess'n no time
Its ST. late, you'll have to hurry il
you get it all done today
"Shc, lady! Hits Jess play fo' me tc
take mp kyarpet like dat, clean hit an
put hit down i'll free hours"
\ little after nine | went into the
room. Jerry had the tacks out on tire,
sides of the carpet, and was lying fiat or
his back staring up at the ceiling.
rcla, lady, he said, 'dat's de put
tiest wuk on dat ceiin' eber saw" Is,
tryin an tryiu' to make out if hit an
RELY painted on dar, or if hit am only
papered on"
~ nd better let the ceiling alone
and get this carpet out on the line right
away | said sharply.
"DJu' 70 min bout dis kyarpet
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08

A woman in one of the Lewiston dry
goods stores was in quandary the other
afternoon. She had too many strings on
her fingers Now said she, that
string on my fore tinger is to remind me
to get four yards of BABY ribbon, and
that red string there is SO as won't for
get the wash boiler that's being mended.
the piece of yellow ribbon is for pow
dered sugar for cake for the festival, and
the yarn on my thumb is-lemme e.
is to get four skeins of domestic yarn for
mtteus for the boys. What puzzles me
is this other piece. Seems though it was
somethin' about givin' the horse some
dinner somwhere, but | don't Just re-
member. . dear me. How nervous it
makes me. | want twelve yards of I'M
bleached cotton cloth and two spools of
thread. I've got to get some velvet to
trim over my new winter bonnet, and |
want some hairpins and some buttons for
my cloak, and some ruching, aud won't
you let me look at some of your winter
garments, and-there. Iwant two sticks
of braid, black, please, aud two papers of
pins, and paper of needles, aud some
whalebones, and yard of brown silesia,
two spools OF twist, and what sort of lace
have you got to trim dress for my dau
% mercy sakes. WHAT an escape
Isn't it fortunate? I've just recalled what
that string is for . It's To remind me TO
call at my sisters in Lewiston and get
my daughter who has been visiting here
and take her home with me. Oh, my
poor memory. Isn't it Fortunate l put
the string on my finger? Good day. You
put up the goods ana I'll be back after
them, aud she went out before tie clerk
had time to perpetrate the trade-marked,
is that all?' What a blessing is forget.
: fulness. LelrtSt0A (Ke. } J0ArAak. -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
ORDER NESI.

VIM. l.. Parker VS.. Andrew J. Seminar. Il. al.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. No. 1897
Equity.
ORDERED. this 18th day Of necem-
" Der, 1885, that the sale made aud reported
by Robert G. Thackery. trustee. appointed by the
decree in the above entitled cause. he ratified
and confirmed. unless cause to the contrary be
shown on or before the 18th day OF February.
next: provided a copy OF this order he inserted in
some newspaper, published in Cecil county. once
q week for one month before the 18th day OF Ian
uary next. The report states the amount OF sale
to be $475 JAMES a. DAVIS,
True copy-Test: Clerk.
Dec lS-5t JAS. A. DAVIS. Clerk
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
This Wonderful Driving Cart Has No Equal

1t is the only that be adjusted suit the rider
The springs be changed suit the load road in five
seconds This very valuable feature that other
has. Where other have from feet spring. the
SPIRAL has foot spring, giving much elasticity than
any other cart made.
This EASY-RIDING has seat bars climb over in
getting and of the This makes it desirable all
classes OF to have less horse
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horse travel than any other cart made.
The wonderful actions of the springs make it by far
FINEsT-RIDING CART yet made.
a Test:-Place 2x4 scantling to feet apart
road and then drive them fast your horse
and will guarantee that the rider shall be
moved from the by such Try any other
and where YOU 90.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
IHE LAST Of NEW YEARS CALLERS.
The story ct an Oid Man, an Old Mans
Friendship aud a New Card-Bssket.

The door is shut i thluk the tiue old face
Trelnbes a lltCle round the under lib
His look il istful can it be the place
Wherr AT his knock, Tho bolt was quick
to ship,
Gt hau a knocker then,) when braveIy
decked,
Helook of New Year with lis lowest bow
His glass OF ,gs-nugs, white aud nutmeg
licked,
From her whois where is he young bride
now"
O Greenwood, answer? Through your am pie
There went hearse, these many years ago:
And often by gr.,ve-raore oft of late
Stands an old gentleman, with hair like
snow.
Two graves ne stands 10y, truly; for the
Who won her, long has lain beside his
wife;
And their old conlrade, waiting for the end,
Remembers what they were to him in life.
And now lie stand, before tho old-tine door,
A little gladdened in his lonely heart
To give of love for those that are no moro
To those that live today a generous part.
Aye, She has gone, sweet, loyal, brave and
Bur then, her daughters grown and wed
The while;
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
GIVEN AWAY

Not Clothing, b Il t
Watches. We have an
overstock of Boys and
Children's Clothing,and
as an inducement for
you to buy of us we
will give you one of the
Genuine Waterbury
Watches with a splen-
did Nickel Chain and
Charm with a Boys
Suit, Overcoat, or both,
at $40 or upwards. Our
ONE LOW price IS
plainly marked on every
garment and is exactly
the same as before we
commenced giving the
Watches. What we
want is advertising, as
our Fall Season, the
best we have ever had,
is almost over and we
know the Boys will
talk about our goods
and DriceS
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
HOUSE FOR. SALE.

A comfortable small frame DWELLING on Collins
street, in Ekton, formerly owned py VIM. I son.
Lot fronts 20 #. on line OF street Apply TO
Mrs. A. NJ. TORBERT, Elkton, Md.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-15
THE CHINESE
AND THE
CHINA QUESTION.

THE nine issues Of the WASHINGTON STAND
l ARD containing the exhaustive treatise on
TINS important sS2eet, y rroi. sanec A. MT
psid, for 50 cents. Il should be read by every
body who wishes to form q correct Judgment on
he gigantic evil that threatens free labor.
WAS RiNGTON STANDARD,
Olympia, W.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-15

NEW YORK, July Sat the Brook
lyn city hall to-day, the Grand Army
OF the Republic memorial rooms were
the scene of discussion of President
Cleveland's letter recalling his accept
ance of st. Louis's invitation. Some
comrades said it was too bad that any,
thing had been said to offend Cleve-
land. Others thought the Presidents
letter was not couched in friendly
terms, and could not tend to mend
matters. A few thought that the De-
partment Commander ought to rebuke
the members who had sighted the
President.
President Cleveland viii be deliberately
Invited TO st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. July 1.-THE new COM
mittee on the invitation to President
Cleveland and wife will not be ee-
lected for several DAYS. 1t is to be
composed of fifty citizens, and the
idea is to make it representative of
every party, creed and class in the
city. The invitation which was
adopted. will be handsomely prepared
by lithographing company for pre-
sentation to the President. It will be
engrossed in antique text on a sheet
OF parchment sixteen bv twenty-one
inches. The work will all he done in
black ink, no colors appearing any
where. Another sheet of parchment
of the same size will be provided for
the signatures of the gentlemen COM
posing the delegation which will carry
it to Washington. The back of these
sheets will he satin. and they will be
hound together at the top with ribbon.
The whole will be rolled and inclosed
in a heavy, leather colored cylinder.
Fatal scouree in Michigan.
SHEBRoYGAN, Mich, July S.-Capt.
Halleck, of the fishing tug Messenger,
which arrived here yesterday. reports
that scourge is raging on Cockburn
Island in Lake Huron. The disease
broke out last week, and from Friday
to Tuesday nine deaths occurred, and
the mortality was seemingly on the
increase. The disease is supposed to
be diphtheria. There is no doctor on
this island, and the inhabitants are
fleeing for their lives.
Simeon In Arizona.
Tucson, July S.-A simeon visited
this place yesterday afternoon. The
heavens became overcast, making it
dark as night. A terrible avalanche
of sand came upon the city and was
followed by hurricane, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. Fully six
inches Of water fell in half an hour,
flooding the streets. The damage to
property is quite extensive, scarcely a
house being left uninjured. Many
buildings had their roofs completely
taken off. The walls of number of
residences were blown down. Several
casualties have been reported but
none of serious nature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-15

W DOuSlae lelanu WHICH Will Dc uSeO
in hauling ore from the mines to the
quartz mill. The motive power of this
engine is electricity. 1t was built in
San Francisco where they are about to
be introduced on street railways.
The Citizens ticket was successful,
at the Seattle municipal election, Mon
day, DR.. Minor being the prevailing
candidate, for the Mayoralty. That
party likewise elected three of the four
COuncilmen and the City Attorney.
VIM. Murphy is reelected Chief of
Police.
The high water of the Columbia
river has dislocated the track of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, where en-
trance is made to the ferry boat, and
some two or three weeks time will be
required to make the necessary re-
pairs so trains can be conveyed across
the river.
Seattle Press, LIST inst This after
noon news has been received in the
city from a reliable source that Major
Rogers with the advance party of the
Manitoba Railway engineering staff,
have arrived in the mountains and are
at work locating the new route through
the Cascades.
John Plaster says that the Indians
on the Lummi reservation have been
killing his cattle, and he will petition
| Congress to have the reservation
opened to settlement. 1t is pretty
generally understood that at least
three-ffths of the Indians now occupy
ing the reservation are King George
Indians, belonging to tribes in British
Columbia.
At Tacoma, Eagle Hose, of Old Ia
coma, won the first prize, wet test,
$500, time 3S4 seconds; Spokane Falls
Comet hose team second, 800, time
"A 2-5 seconds; Commencement Hook
and Ladder No. L, of Tacoma, first
prize, 500; Seattle No. l, second,
800. Vancouver Hose, dry test, first
prize, 1925, time AZ! seconds; Eagle
Hose, of Old Tacoma, second prize
$25, time 44a seconds. Vancouver
and Spokane Falls, in speed race,
divided the first and second prizes,
amounting to 5000. There were no
make and break coupling race.
Tacoma Ledger: The Tacoma-Seattle
train while travelling over the Puget
Sound & California River shore line
on Sunday evening, when near
Seattle, struck an aged man upon the
track and killed him instantly. The
mans name was OConnor, but his
first name was not learned. He was
walking upon the track in front of the
engine and stepped off the track
When the engine was near him he
stepped back upon the track and was
struck, thrown down the embankment
and badly cut up. A trainman was
left in charge till coroner was sum-
moned and an inquest was to have
beed held Monday.
The Lincoln county Times says
that Rev. Mr.. Sherrod, minister of
the gospel, in Lincoln county, w. T.,
has been told "to skip" for SANDER
ing the lambs of his flock. The bur-
den of his song seemed to be to the
effect that the sisters would fall in
love with him; that whenever oppor-
tunity offered, they would make i'm
proper advances; that he had been
compelled to kick two prominent and
highly respected lady members of his
flock from his bed, etc. On another
occasion he visited q certain farm
house, and finding the head of the
house away from home, suggested
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-15
Washiugtuu Standard
Supplement.
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

David Boyd, of Lewis county, has
been sent to the Insane Asylum.
Mrs. Phebe Howe, of Walla Walla,
has moved her book bindery to Ia
coma.
A colony from Pennsylvania has
found site for future operations in
Cowlitz county.
III. S. Langton, civil-engineer,
died in Seattle, Wednesday, from an
overdose of morphine.
Byron Young has sold his fine 100
acre farm in the Puyallup valley to an
Illinois man for $4,000.
L. j. Cravatt, Postmaster at Little
Falls, Lewis county, died, last Satur-
day, at Chehalis, of typhoid fever.
H. L. Emery, convicted of forgery
at the Tacoma court has been sentenced
to eighteen months in the Penitentiary.
The water in the Columbia is slowly
going down and bottom land ranchers
are moving back to their old quarters.
The Salvation Army said to con-
sist of fully two persOns-a male and
females still fighting the devil in
wicked Seattle
Sarah Reddig and H. S. Mayher
have obtained DEGREES of divorce from
their respective life-partners in the Ia
com a District Court.
The telephone system Is completed,
and Tacoma, Sumner and Puyallup
are talkative over Ii miles Of wire, at
the rate of two bits a talk.
Notwithstanding the opening of the
Cascade division, freight and passen-
ger business by the Pacific division is
reported better than usual.
Peter Kirk, the English iron manu-
facturer, who is soon to build works at
Seattle, has just purchased GAO acres
of coal land on Green river.
Engineer Anderson says the n p.
can handle 1000 tons of freight daily
over the switchback The entire high
line is to be snow-shedded before win
ter.
Thomas Dale, convicted of grand
larceny for stealing DIR. Hicks watch,
blythe Tacoma court, has been sentenced
to two and half years in the Peniten-
tiary.
There is some talk down the Sound
of importing 1000 negroes to work in
the logging camps. The scarcity of
lahorers is urged as the justifying
cause.
The President has accepted the last
two sections, aggregating "a miles, of
the Cascade Branch of the Northern
Pacific, recently viewed by the COM
missioners.
The sum OF over $4,000 was re-
ceived by the U. s. land officers at
Yakima from Paul Schulze of the N.
P. company. The money was to pay
the Government fees for listing rail-
road lands.
Died, near Skagit City, on the 9th
instant, James L. Sawyer, aged about
Is years. The death of Mr.. Sawyer
makes another gap in the ranks of the
old pioneers who are rapidly disappear
ing before the march Of time.
A municipal election was held Mon
day in Port Townsend, r. w. DeLion
being victorious for the position of
Mayor over his opponent, D. w. Smith,
nv Il vote OF 119 to ia. That evening
large delegation of citizens banqueted
the Mayor elect.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
LOCAL NOTICES.

MEMPHIS Steam Laundry, 224 Second 81.
KrsDLiYG-W Williams q Co. saw-mill
Telephone I52. ... 49,.
ID. II. BALDWIN 4 CO., dealers in pianos
and organs, No. 2573 Main street.
o. X. HoucK & Co. have removed TO
their new store, No. 1853 Main street.
WHEELER X WILSON manufacturing COM
pany have removed TO No. 800 Second
street.
" you want all pine lumber call on
Brinklcy lumber company, No. ia Jeiier-
son street
PuRE and white M the flower whose
name IL bears are the biscuits raised by
Lily Baking Powder.
STANLEY x ANDERSON funeral directors
and embalmers, No. 50 Madison street, are
fully prepared to furnish chairs ut resi-
denccs, when ordered, for the accommoda-
ton Of friends.
SPECIAL students will be received in any
department at the Higbec School, or 70
take private lessons in Music, Art, Elocu'
ton, Literature, the Languages, or in the
Business Course. .
Miss CARRIE NJ. HEATING, teacher OF
music, vocal and instrumental, IL teach
ing ut the music. house Of ID. ii. Baldwin
As already announced, Miss Heating viii
give free scholarship for the last iiy,
months Of the session as reward 10 III,
pupil having the bcst record up TO Febru
AIRY for dligcnt study andthe highest dc
gree Of perfection.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
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